CALL ME SNAKE

I just reached a milestone in a project I’ve been working on for more than two years. “Are you going to take some time to dig out?” a friend asked the other day. No, I replied, I’ve still got stuff to do. But today, while waiting for some feedback before taking the next step, I didn’t have much to do on it at all. Which was a weird sensation, after being under crushing weight for such a long time.

Not sure what else to do, I literally did some digging out, going through stacks of science magazines–about four feet high–that had piled up since the fall of 2006. I got all of them out of the bookshelves in our dining room, which should please my wife, as well as the huge pile on my office floor. It’s all going in the recycling, save for about two dozen articles that I’ve clipped and filed for future reference. Although it’s nice to dig out, I’m going to try to keep the piles from getting quite so high next time.